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T. BRINING. TAGKING TOOL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

No. 408,160. Patented July 30, 1889.

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T. BRINING.

TAGKING TOOL FORBOOTS 0R SHOES.

No. 408,160. Patented JulySO, 1889.

N. Puzns, Pmwumc mr. Washingtun, u. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS BRINING, OF LEEDS, COUNTY OF YORILENGLAND.

TACKlNG-TOOL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,160, dated July 30, 1889.

Application filed March 18, 1889. Serial No. 303,675. (No model.) Patented in England June 9, 1888, No. 8,453.

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS BRINING, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Leeds, in the county of York, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tacking-Tools for Boots or Shoes, (for which I have applied for a patent in Great Britain, No. 8,453, dated June 9, 1888, and filed a complete specification thereon on the 23d of February, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tacking-tools which are employed for tacking the uppers of boots and shoes to their insoles after the lasting operation has been performed; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a tool in which ordinary tacks, tingles, or rivets may be used in place of those specially arranged in strips or screeds; second, to aiford facilities for delivering one tack, tingle, or rivet at a time to and under the driving-plunger, and, third, to adapt the tool for driving any size of tack, tingle, or rivet. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 a section, and Fig. 3 a part plan, looking at the top, of a tacki11g-tool constructed according to this invention; Fig. 4, a plan of easing with table removed; Fig. 5, a plan of feed-wheel. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12,13, and 14 are elevations, sections, and plans of details. Figs. 3, 4., 5, 6, and 7 are drawn to a larger scale than the other views.

Like parts in all the views are marked with the same letters of reference.

A is the outer casing, which may be made in two.parts a a. The upper part a may be made of brass or other suitable material and in halves, as shown at Fig. 4, bolted togetherbe screwed a nozzle a containing a hole of the same (or slightly larger) size as the drivlng-punch, or in place thereof the casing may be tapered, and in its end maybe cut: or formed a transverse groove for the reception of a pair of dies a, attached, respectively, to flat springs a which are screwed to opposite sides of the casing, as shown at Figs. 8, 9, and 10. The hole in the nozzle, as well as that in the dies, holds the tack, tingle, or rivet in a suitable position until acted upon or opened by the driving-tool as it descends.

B is a horizontal circular plate or table, which is fixed by screws or other convenient means to the top of the upper portion of the casing A, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2. On the table is a boss b, provided with a hole in its center, so as to form a bearing for the plunger or setting-tool O, which passes through it. The driving or setting tool 0 is carried vertically within the casing and may be made in two diameters c c. The larger diameter 0 works within the upper portion of the casing, and is carried in bearings formed, respectively, in the boss Z2 and easing A at a). It also projects beyond the top of the boss I) and is armed with a handle or knob C.

The lower and smaller part c, which drives the rivet, tack, or tingle, may be formed either by reducing the diameter of the plunger 0 or by making it in two pieces. WVhen the latter method is preferred, a hole may be bored up the center of the larger portion 0, and a piece of suitable round steel inserted and fixed therein, (by any suitable means,) so as to project therefrom, as shown. The hole in the nozzle a or lower portion of the casing and dies to acts as a bearing for the smaller diameter or portion c of the plunger 0, as shown at Fig. 2. A boss or flange c is also provided on the larger diameter 0 of the plunger, against which one end of a spring 0 (the opposite end against bearing a") works for raising the plunger to the position shown in the drawings after each depression. The stroke of the driving-tool may be regulated by the lock-nut c and handle C.

On the plate or table B is mounteda ratchetwheel I), provided with a hole in its center, so as to revolve round the boss 19. In or through the ratchet-wheel are bored or formed (parallel. with its teeth) any required number of circular holes cl, as shown at Fig. 5, the pitch of which will vary in accordance with the size of the wheel and the number of teeth; but I prefer to provide one hole for each tooth, as shown in the drawings.

Into the holes 61 are placed, preferably by hand, (though any other self-feeding apparatus may be employed; but such arrangements would complicate the working parts of the machine, which I am anxious to avoid,) the tacks, tingles, or rivets that are employed for tacking the boot or shoe uppers to the insole after the lasting operation has been performed. The top of the table 13 prevents the tacks, tingles, or rivets from escaping from the vertical holes I) in the ratchet-wheel in adownward direction, except when brought over a hole formed in the table, which communicates With a conducting pipe or tube E, one end of which is secured to the table, and the other end may be passed into a hole a provided for its reception in the lower portion a of the casing A. Through the tube E the tacks, tingles, or rivets are conveyed from the ratchet-wheel to the lower .portion of the casing containing the dies a, or to which the nozzle a is screwed, ready to be acted upon by the lower portion 0 of the driving-plunger. A suitable removable and slotted cover d (shown separately at Figs. 6 and 7) is also provided for preventing the tacks, tingles, or rivets escaping from the holes in the ratchetwheel in an upward direction.

The cover is retained in position by means of screws d fixed on the Wheel I, which pass into and through the larger and circular portion of slot-holes 01 After the screws have passed through the slot-holes the cover is then turned (in the direction shown by arrows) by the handles at, so as to bring the slotted portion of the holes d under the screw-heads for retaining the cover in position.

The ratchet-wheel is retained in position' by means of a nut 19 which is screwed on the boss I), as shown, and the required tension upon the ratchet-Wheel is obtained by pressing the leather ring 12 onto the top boss of the wheel by the nut 6 which is afterward locked in position by a set-screw to prevent it working too tightly down on the leather.

In order to bring each hole in the ratchet- Wheel round in turn (that is, one hole at every depression or stroke of the driving-tool) over the hole 19 in the table, so as to deliver the tack, tingle, or rivet which has been placed therein into the conducting-pipe E, underneath the table B is mounted on the larger portion of the driving-plunger 0, (above the boss 0 so as to reciprocate freely, an adj ustable lever F, (working in the slot a?) carrying on its upper side a spring-pawl G, which is made to engage with the teeth in the ratchetwheel D. Motion is conveyed to the lever F from a pin 0 attached to the plunger 0 through a cam-lever H, pivoted to a boss 1), formed or attached to the table. The upper end h of the cam-lever acts on the lever F, and it is provided with an adj Listing-screw h for regulating the traverse of the pawl and lever F. The lower and inclined portion H of the camlever is bent inward toward the case A, (see Figs. 2, 12, and 14,) so as to be acted upon by the pin or projection 0 (attached to the plunger,) which slides in the slotted portion a of the casing, as shown. hen the springplunger O is depressed, either by hand or on receiving a blow from a mallet, the pin 0 slides down the incline or cam H, which moves or turns the lever on its pivot 12 thus forcing its upper end h against the lever F and presses the latter forward. According to the distance that the scre it is made to project from the end of lever H, so will the mot-ion of the lever F be regulated, in order that the pawlmay be made to-rotate the ratchet-wheel the required distance for bringing the holes (1 over the tube E. The lever F and screw h are kept in contact by means of spring 7L2, the ends of which are respectively attached to a hooked plate f (fixed to the under side of le-' ver F) and to the pivot b I is a suitable stop, which prevents the lever and incline from traversing out of position.

To lighten the casing A as much as possible, and also to aid in lubricating the plunger 0, the casing may be slotted at a, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2.

The action of the tool is as follows: After the cover d has been removed and a tack, tingle, or rivet placed in each hole d of the ratchet-wheel D by hand, the cover is replaced on the top of the ratchet-wheel and held in position, as described. Each time the plunger C is depressed one of the holes in the ratchetwheel is brought over hole 19*, (by means of pin 0 cam-lever H, lever F, and spring-pawl G,) so as to deliver a tack, tingle, or rivet to the tube E, through which it passes to the lower portion of the casing A, ready to be driven into the lasted upper and insole by the plunger at its next depression.

I am aware that prior to myinvention tacking-tools have been made with vertically-reciprocating spindles operating in conjunction with a strip or screed containing the tacks or rivets. I therefore do not claim such combination, broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a boot and shoe tacking tool, the combination, with a divided and slotted case A, formed in two portions or a, spring-dies a, table B, boss I), and reciprocating plunger C, of a ratchet-wheel D, mounted upon said table and provided with holes 61 for the rev ception of the fastening-nails, and mechanism for actuating the same, substantially as herein described.

2. I11 a boot and shoe tacking tool, the combination of a divided and slotted case A, formed in two portions a a, spring-dies a, table B, provided with hole 19 and reciprocating plunger O,With ratchet-wheel D, mounted to revolve freely upon said table and provided with holes 61 for the reception of the fastening-nails, cover d, mechanism, sub- IIO stantially as described, for actuating said ratchet wheel, and tube E, through which the fastening-nails pass one at a time to the driving tool, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In a boot and shoe tacking tool, the combination, with a divided and slotted case A, formed in two portions a a, armed with spring-dies a, and with a vertically-reoiplocating plunger formed in two diameters, the larger and upper of which is armed with a handle 0, boss 0 and spring 0 of a table 13, provided with hole 6 boss 1), tube E, ratchetwheel D, having holes d and cover d, and mechanism, substantially as described, for actuating and regulating the tension of said ratchet-wheel, all substantially as set forth.

4. Ina boot and shoe tacking tool, the com bination of table B, provided with holes b reciprocating spindle C, ratchet-wheel D, having holes d and b tube E, pin 0 cam-lever H, pivot b adjusting-screw h, spring 7?, lever F, and pawl G, all operating substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a boot and shoe tacking tool, of a divided and slotted casing A, formed in two portions or a, spring-dies a, table 13, provided with hole 12 boss 1), wheel D, having holes (Z, cover (1, nut b washer b tube E, entering a hole a in the lower part of the casing, reciprocating spindle 0, formed in two diameters,handle O, nut a, spring 0 bearing a*, boss 0 pin c ,ca1n-lever H, pivoted to said table at 12 adjusting-screw h, lever F, working in slot a spring-pawl G, and spring 7L2, all operating together substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

' THOMAS BRINING.

\Vitn'esses:

WM. FAIRBURN HART, ADAM C. HART. 

